Reliability and validity of the Italian self-evaluation of communication experiences after laryngeal cancer questionnaire

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1606-1615

  Schindler, Antonio ^a   Mozzanica, Francesco ^a   Brignoli, Francesca ^a   Maruzzi, Patrizia ^a   Evitts, Paul ^b   Ottaviani, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c San Giuseppe Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

communication; laryngeal cancer; quality of life; SECEL; voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; ITALIAN VERSION OF SELF EVALUATION OF COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCES AFTER LARYNGEAL CANCER; ITALY; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF EVALUATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

COMMUNICATION; LARYNGEAL CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SECEL; VOICE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL;

EID: 84886379409     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23198     Document Type: Article

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